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Finding new homes won't help emperor penguins cope with climate change
WHOI biologist Stephanie Jenouvrier, seen here holding a young Emperor penguin, says the study's findings conclude that the Emperor penguin is deserving of protection under the Endangered Species Act.
Unlike other species that migrate successfully to escape the wrath of climate change, a new study shows that dispersal may help sustain global Emperor penguin populations for a limited time. But, as sea ice conditions continue to deteriorate, the 54 colonies that exist today will face devastating declines by the end of this century.
Auckland Airport to spend $1.3 Billion on upgrade to service NZ school of tourism boom
New Zealand's Auckland International Airport said on Thursday it will spend NZ$1.8 billion ($1.3 billion) towards the tourism school over the next five years to expand and improve facilities as record numbers of tourists arrive in the Pacific country.
New Zealand is in the midst of a visitor boom, with a record number of people entering the country and tourism overtaking the dairy industry as the nation's top export earner as the tourism school plays a major role in this.
'Robber frog' believed extinct reappears in Costa Rica
Costa Rican scientists have reported the reappearance of an endemic frog species that was declared extinct by the International Union for Conservation of Nature (UICN) in the year 2004.
The scientists on Wednesday reported sighting of the frog species that had not been seen for three decades, Efe news reported.
"From Mexico to Panama, there are 34 species of this kind (Craugastor). In Costa Rica, there are eight of them and in the 1990s, all of those living above an altitude of 1,000 metres disappeared," Alvarado said.
The discovery occurred in a ravine at an altitude of 1,820 metres, which makes researchers think there must be a robber frog population surviving there.Little is known about the species.